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was stone all around, but the bottom was earth.) He now remem- 

 bered the subterranean passage, and looking around, he found it; 

 then he lay down to sleep. The next morning when he went out 

 there was a deer standing close by, which he killed and skinned. 

 Having roasted some of the venison, he ate it for breakfast. 



Then the man went on top of the rock, which he found large and 

 level. The tenth day, as he sat on the rock he heard a great noise 

 coming from the south, but he could see nothing. After a while 

 the sound seemed to approach the village, whereupon he saw some- 

 thing that looked like smoke. He saw, too, that the trees in a very 

 wide area were uprooted and were falling toward the village. As 

 the terrible noise neared the village, he went under the rock, where 

 he took position opposite the underground passage. As he looked 

 through it the village seemed to him to be right at hand. In a 

 short time he heard a terrible outcry, which was the screaming of 

 the people in distress. He could see that the huts were hurled up 

 into the air and torn to pieces. He could also see the ^Monster eating 

 the people. AVhen all the rest were eaten, it missed one, and laugh- 

 ing, said, " The world is not large enough for him to hide in." Then 

 the man saw that the trees bent toward the east, and from this 

 he knew the Monster was on his track. Stringing his bow, he began 

 to shoot through the underground passage as rapidly as possible. 

 When but few of his arrows remained the noise seemed to be rapidly 

 approaching. Finally, when only two arrows were left, he saw a 

 great Black Monster '*° approaching. Thereupon he shot the last 

 arrow. At that instant the roar and noise ceased, and the Monster 

 fell; he heard it say, "It is dismal {atnendonyat) ; you have killed 

 me." The man said, "I will go and see this creature." On going to 

 the place where the head lay, and examining it, he discovered that 

 every arrow he had shot was in the head. As he stood there, think- 

 ing, he said, "I must do as I was commanded," so he took part of 

 the scalp from the crown of the head, with the long hair hanging 

 to it. This he tied around his body, saying. " You must always help 

 me and not let me be overpowered by anything." He then climbed 

 the remainder of the hill, reaching the top quickly, for he could now 

 go very fast. On looking around, he found a place to build a brush 

 hut and began work. In a short time he had completed the hut. 

 Then he said, " I must have plenty of meat," and going out, he saw 

 deer, bear, and all other kinds of game in great numbers. Having 

 killed what he wanted, he skinned the deer and the bears. In doing 

 this, he merely took hold of the skin of the head and pulled it off. 

 After he had skinned the animals, he put up hurdles in brush arbors, 

 on which he placed the meat to dry. 



It was still the day on which he killed Dagwanoenyent. When 

 it began to get so dark that he could not distinguish objects, he 



